Summary

This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn what culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE) is, as well as consider the application in social work in various international, cultural and practice settings and this type of evaluation acts as an Emancipatory Approach in social work practice, where  the voice of community is centered and practice is informing research. The author is an experienced international social work evaluator, educator and researcher focused on examining the ways that social work practice in culturally responsive and equitable evaluation is an Emancipatory process to inform social work research. Research indicates that Culturally responsive evaluation (CRE) is a methodology that acknowledges culture as a necessary analytical factor influencing programs and their potential outcomes  Equitable evaluation frameworks are based on  “reflective and reflexive practice” that are essential to social work practice and research, as well as guides and facilitates the understanding that power dynamics borne from systemic inequities often dampen marginalized voices and ignore culture and lived experiences. This leads to ill-measured outcomes, and may exacerbate inequities. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to understand and define what CREE is from history to current day, describe the 9 steps of culturally responsive evaluation, understand the importance of respecting diversity, consider practice and social action, and be able to design a preliminary logic model for CREE in their various cultural and practice settings, that informs continued social work research as an Emancipatory Approach. 

Keywords (separate with commas)

Culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE), practice informed research, evaluation, social work practice, methodology